Founded
in 1970, Certron Records was run by Aubrey Mayhew.By
early 1970, Diamond Records had been
sold to the music division of the Certron corporation. Certron released
a few singles and plenty of albums that bombed, which could be the reason
for their demise. Some of the artists that were originally on Diamond,
including Ruby Winters, The Bleus (as the Electric Hand Band on Certron)
and Ronnie Dove (who had a greatest hits LP released on the label). In
less than two years, Certron went bankrupt, and all of the Diamond and
Certron label master tapes disappeared, including the tapes for an unreleased
live album by Ronnie Dove which was recorded at Roger Miller's King Of
The Road that was planned for release on Certron.